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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5701431" data-attributes="member: 2067">One thing that's being a little overlooked here is the lessons WotC undoubtedly learned from the launch of 4e. Particularly, they seemed to learn the lesson that new editions loose old fans if the new edition doesn't respect the game's history and the way people actually play (as opposed to the way you think they should play). Hiring Monte makes a lot of sense in that light: he's an old-school gamer who has been writing stuff since 2e (perhaps earlier? I only know of his 2e stuff). He brings a lot of historical perspective to the team.4e, whether you personally like it or not, is now part of the game's history. A 5e may very well reach back for inspiration, but it's going to reach back to 4e as much as it'll reach back to 2e or 1e. 4e's way of doing things is going to be respected.There's a lot of good insights, and a lot of people who really love the system. WotC isn't likely to tell them to shove off any more than its likely to tell an OD&D player to shove off.WotC likely does not want to hemorrhage players again any time soon. 5e, whenever it comes, I don't think will be such a clean break. Monte may be on the 5e team, but he's one guy in a group of people who currently owe their livelihoods to 4e. He'll certainly influence the direction, but I don't think his say is what goes. Mearls, for one, now probably outranks him. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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